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GPs Still Swamped by Paper Despite Advances in Electronic Communication

New research has revealed that - despite advances in electronic communication - GP surgeries are still being swamped by paper, with nearly 200 million clinical documents* sent in the post to UK practices each year at an estimated cost of £1 per letter.**

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International Student Competition: Siemens is Seeking Ideas on the Future of Healthcare

Under the tagline "The Future of Healthcare" Siemens Healthcare is running a competition for students from around the world. The contest focuses on the question of how technological progress and changes in society will affect today's global healthcare systems.

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E-Health as Key Enabler for Designing Personalized Healthcare

More than 200 delegates from 30 countries followed the invitation to this year's Global E-Health Forum entitled "Designing Personalized Healthcare". In presentations and workshops, speakers from Canada, China, Egypt, New Zealand, Russian Federation, U.S.A. and various European countries presented their strategies and best practices.

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Save Valuable Time with App for Mobile HIS Access

More and more doctors want to know why the technology used as a matter of course at home isn't available at the workplace as well. Tieto has taken this on board and has developed an "App" to provide mobile access to HIS (Hospital Information System).

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ICW Master Patient Index: Bridging Heterogeneous System Landscapes in Hospitals

At Medica 2011, InterComponentWare AG (ICW) will introduce a new version of its ICW Master Patient Index (ICW MPI), tailored specifically towards hospital needs.

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assono IT Service Provider for the Healthcare Industry

assono, IT expert company from Germany, a continuously supporter of the Global E-Health Forum, has presented again its potential, solutions, and projects in the frames of Global E-Health Forum in Hamburg.

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Holst Centre and Philips Research Celebrate Successful Collaboration

Since 2005, Philips Research and a growing amount (35) of other industrial partners combine their innovation power at Holst Centre, an open-innovation initiative by imec (B) and TNO (NL), to take technology in the areas of wireless sensors and flexible electronics to the next level.

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Giraff Wins AAL Forum's Prestigious "Most Promising" Award

The Swedish company Giraff Technologies and the EU AAL ExCITE-project received top honors at the annual AAL Forum, being named the "most promising" innovation of the year out of nearly 100 products and projects. The three criteria for the award were innovation, potential to improve the quality of life for older adults and market potential.

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Catalogue of Projects: Ambient Assisted Living

The Ambient Assisted Living Joint Programme (AAL JP) celebrates its third year of activity and we want to celebrate this event with the publication of this catalogue to showcase the objectives and progress made by the funded projects. Over the past three years, we worked together with the 23 Partner Countries (Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Israel, Norway and Switzerland) and the European Commission to ensure continuity and quality of our project work.

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Final Programme for Health 2.0 Europe 2011 is Online Now

27 - 28 October 2011, Berlin, Germany.
The conference agenda is structured to cover the state of play and recent changes in the landscape for the European Health 2.0 industry; advances in search & content and their convergence with online communities; new tools to connect patients, doctors and healthcare stakeholders; and the use of web and mobile technologies to manage chronic conditions, motivate behavior changes and promote wellness.

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